Two Arrested And One Sought In Attempted Robbery, Laurel

Location: Oasis Travel Plaza, 30759 Sussex Highway, Laurel, DE

Date of Occurrence: Saturday September 28, 2013 at approximately 1:50 a.m.

Victim:
31 year old female employee

Defendants, Charges, and Bond Information:

Shawn D. Alston, 33, Bridgeville, DE (Photo Attached, red/white shirt)
Attempted Robbery 2nd
Conspiracy 2nd

Arraigned at JP3 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $5,000.00 secured bond.

Anita M. Amoroso, 50, Laurel, DE (Photo Attached)
Attempted Robbery 2nd
Conspiracy 2nd

Arraigned at JP3 and committed to Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $5,000.00 secured bond.

Suspect and Charges:
Troy Sanders, 29, Bridgeville, DE (Photo Attached, black shirt)
Attempted Robbery 2nd
Conspiracy 2nd

Resume:
Laurel, DE- The Delaware State Police have arrested two people in connection with an early morning attempted robbery of a gas station.

Troopers responded to the Oasis Travel Plaza located at 30759 Sussex Highway near Laurel around 1:50 a.m. Saturday morning after a black male subject entered the store and confronted a 31 year old female employee demanding money from the cash register. When the employee refused to open it, the suspect reached across the counter and attempted to open it, but was unsuccessful. He then fled the store and was observed entering a silver four door sedan with a sun roof which fled from the parking lot. At approximately 4:30 a.m. Laurel Police Department also responded to a robbery that occurred in their jurisdiction involving a similar subject.

Around 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning, a trooper on patrol observed a vehicle matching the description of the car used at the Oasis incident parked in a driveway on Mill Park Drive in Bridgeville. Troopers made contact with Anita M. Amoroso at that residence and she was taken into custody without incident.

The investigation revealed Anita Amoroso drove two subjects that were later determined to be Shawn D. Alston and Troy Sanders, to the Oasis Travel Plaza where she dropped them off. She then returned a short time later and picked the two up after the attempted robbery was committed and then drove into the limits of Laurel where they committed another robbery.

Around 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning, Shawn D. Alston was located walking on Mill Park Drive and was taken into custody without incident. The two were both transported back to Troop 5 in Bridgeville where they were both charged with Attempted Robbery 2nd and Conspiracy 2nd. They were incarcerated on $5,000.00 secured bond.

If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Troy Sanders, they are asked to contact Troop 5 at 302-337-1090 or by utilizing the Delaware State Police Mobile Crime Tip Application available to download at: http://www.delaware.gov/apps/. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by sending an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."